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    BHRS - Successful MH Treatment for Children funded   by Medicaid since 1992

    Independent Treatment research - 887 cases; over 75% successful

CMS Director's June 2011 letter complimenting IBC's Executive Director on the IBC model for BHRS

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A short summary of what we do: 

Since 1997, we have been providing "Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services" (BHRS) funded by the EPSDT program of Medicaid under the direct supervision of licensed professional psychologists in the Southeastern region of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties).  As in at least 37 other states, these services are available to any Pennsylvania child who has a diagnosed mental disability, regardless of family income, under the Social Security Act. 

 

Our services are like "wraparound," but more professionally controlled.  If a child needs help to address behavioral difficulties at home, in school or in the community, our staff can deliver Behavior Specialist Consultation services, Mobile Therapy or Therapeutic Staff Support (TSS) services in the Southeastern region of Pennsylvania.  In addition, our most experienced staff provide expert Case Management consultations via OurCaseManager.pro in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. 

 

Our licensed psychologists perform state-of-the-art psychodiagnostic evaluations, school-related evaluations and consultations by Certified School Psychologists in Pennsylvania.  We provide Medicaid eligibility evaluations for Pennsylvania children who have mental disabilities.  Our Founder and Executive Director has received commendations from the US Congress, both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature, and the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health for his creation of a visionary and highly successful new model for the delivery of community-based mental health treatment to children.

Our treatment staff collect outcome data on all of our BHRS treatment programs every week (parental assessment of progress), and modify the child's treatment program accordingly.  Since 2002, we have monitored more than 6,000 treatment plans and posted an average "success" rate of 75% (reducing target behavior or stabilizing deteriorating behavior patterns), addressing physical aggression, safety issues, noncompliance with adult prompts, socialization deficits and communication deficits in children between the ages of 2 and 19 diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorders, ADHD and other conditions.  In 2008, independent researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have confirmed the significance of these findings  Click here for details Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia studied our outcome data in 2010 and corroborated the findings of the UNC - Chapel Hill researchers.  We hire Behavior Specialists and TSS providers as employees, not 1099 "subcontractors."  We train and supervise them more thoroughly than any provider of "wraparound" services in Pennsylvania. 

Click here to watch a video presentation about how we implement BHRS in Pennsylvania.   This is part of the mandatory pre-service training required of TSS providers in Pennsylvania.

 

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